Duketon MiningLtd. said July 20 that it has kicked off an aircore drill programon the Hacks Bore tenement at the Duketon gold project in Western Australia, a joint venturewith Regis Resources Ltd.

The initial 57-hole drilling is designed to identify goldmineralization within and under a tertiary paleochannel. To the west of the paleochannelis an anomalous gold area in lag surface samples, the company said.

The holes will be spaced around 80 meters and 160 metersapart and will be drilled as a single campaign.